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Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk has reported the death on Friday of Howard W. Jones Jr., the father of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States. Here's the obituary from EVMS: "Dr. Jones, a surgeon, and his endocrinologist wife, the late Georgeanna Jones, MD, pioneered the techniques behind the birth of the nation’s first child as a result of IVF. That birth and others that followed led to the establishment of the Jones Institute for Reproductive Medicine at EVMS and a reproductive medicine field that now counts more than five million IVF births worldwide. “The IVF success was an incredible accomplishment, not just for him personally but...

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Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk has reported the death on Friday of Howard W. Jones Jr., the father of in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the United States.
Here's the obituary from EVMS:
"Dr. Jones, a surgeon, and his endocrinologist wife,...

Dr. Howard Jones, who pioneered in vitro fertilization in the United States, died Friday at a Virginia hospital surrounded by family. Eastern Virginia Medical School said Jones died of respiratory failure. He was 104. The work of Jones and his late...

In his studio in his serene backyard in Deptford, Frank Seder Jr. meticulously shaved a fine layer along a curve of a wooden crook. A chisel in the wrong direction, the artist noted, could cause an unsightly crack in the majestic, exotic purple wood...

Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America: ___ 10:20 p.m. Some Paraguayans are complaining that the driver of the popemobile had a heavy foot. Comments are circulating on social media that the popemobile went too fast,...

Few countries are as devoutly Catholic as Paraguay, and no place in this South American nation means more to believers than the shrine of the Virgin of Miracles in Caacupe, where Pope Francis is to celebrate Mass on Saturday. Hundreds of thousands turn...

Here are the latest developments from Pope Francis' trip to South America: ___ 7:55 p.m. Pope Francis has ended his private visit to the Church of the Society of Jesus in Quito and returned to the Vatican ambassador's residence for his final night in...

Benedict XVI, emeritus pope and theologian, reflected on Saturday on classical music as an "encounter with the divine," saying listening to Mozart helps him experience "very deeply the Lord's presence." Benedict's reflections came at a...

Visitors coming to Philadelphia to see the pope this September will also be able to view treasured art from the Vatican.
"Vatican Splendors" opens Sept. 19 at the Franklin Institute. It will include artwork by Michelangelo, embroidered silk...

Tariq Aziz, the debonair Iraqi diplomat who made his name by staunchly defending Saddam Hussein to the world during three wars and was later sentenced to death as part of the regime that killed hundreds of thousands of its own people, has died in a...

Cuban President Raul Castro paid a call on Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sunday to thank him for working for Cuban-US detente and later said he was so impressed by the pontiff he is considering a return to the Catholic church's fold.
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Nine days before his death, Cardinal Francis George submitted the manuscript of what will be his final book, titled "A Godly Humanism: Clarifying the Hope That Lies Within." Hours before he died, his editor said, it was still on his mind.
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It was a traditional Roman Catholic funeral Mass, plain and simple, just like the man so many came to mourn.
The understated pageantry suited Cardinal Francis George, Chicago's native son, the first archbishop from Chicago to come home and lead the local...

"Concealing or denying evil is like allowing a wound to keep bleeding without bandaging it."
— Pope Francis, speaking to Armenians at the Vatican
Amid World War I's carnage but far from Europe's trenches, Turkish leaders of the crumbling...

The man who tried to kill former Pope John Paul II 33 years ago showed up at the Vatican on Saturday to put white roses on his tomb and said he wanted to meet Pope Francis. Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk, left John Paul critically injured after firing several...

Pope Francis married 20 couples Sunday, some of whom had already lived together and had children, in the latest sign that the Argentine pontiff wants the Catholic church to be more open and inclusive.
In the first wedding he has performed in his...

Pope Benedict XVI has long been a classical music fan and in the next few weeks, he will take time out from his schedule to attend two classical concerts.Riccardo Muti is set to lead a concert at the Vatican this week for the pope in honor of the...